The rest of his career, which lasted from 1947 to 1963, was mainly spent in the minor professional Western Hockey League.
Anderson also played with the 1947–48 Edmonton Flyers team that won the 1948 Allan Cup the senior Canadian championship.
He spent most of his career playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the minor professional Western Hockey League.
He was inducted with the rest of the 1947–48 Edmonton Flyers team to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2005.
Anderson, who married Barbara Gayle Webster in 1953, devoted the rest of his life to raising his three children and spending time with his family.